Adhocracy

Note: This post is part of a series presenting the contents of our Brickstarter exhibition at the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, October 13-December 12th. The Full text in a legible font size: “The architecture of tomorrow will be … both a means of knowledge and a means of action.” Formulaire pour un urbanisme nouveau —Ivan Chtcheglov (1953) There is [...] Read more – ‘Provocation IV: Open Questions’.

Note: This post is part of a series presenting the contents of our Brickstarter exhibition at the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, October 13-December 12th. The Full text in a legible font size: Brickstarter looks like a prototype of a crowdfunding website, but is really an exercise in navigating back and forth between matter and dark matter, between the malleable [...] Read more – ‘Provocation III: Design Probes’.

Note: This post is part of a series presenting the contents of our Brickstarter exhibition at the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, October 13-December 12th. The Full text in a legible font size: “If you really want to change the city, or want a real struggle, a real fight, then it would require re-engaging with government … with these structures [...] Read more – ‘Provocation II: Dark Matter’.

Note: This post is part of a series presenting the contents of our Brickstarter exhibition at the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, October 13-December 12th. The Full text in a legible font size: Last year it was kicking off everywhere. Upheavals in Tahrir Square, Zuccotti Park, Croydon, Athens, Moscow, and elsewhere demonstrate that citizens are actively engaged in [...] Read more – ‘Provocation I: The Crowd’.

Apologies for the radio silence lately. We’ve been working hard on a number of other projects here in the strategic design unit at Sitra. Those include a Helsinki Design Lab event coming up in a few days, launching a food entrepreneurship bootcamp called Open Kitchen, and preparing Brickstarter for an exhibition. We’re very happy to [...] Read more – ‘Brickstarter goes Turkish’.